Collateral estoppel definition
Collateral estoppel means a legal doctrine that prevents a party from relitigating an issue that was resolved in a previous lawsuit or administrative proceeding, even if the issue relates to a different claim.
Collateral estoppel means that when an issue of ultimate fact has once been determined by a valid and final judgment, that issue cannot again be litigated between the same parties or their privies in any future lawsuit.5 There are four conditions that must exist for the doctrine of collateral estoppel to apply: (1) The identical issue was decided in a prior action, (2) there was a judgment on the merits which was final, (3) the party against whom the rule is applied was a party or in privy with a party to the prior action, and
Examples of Collateral estoppel in a sentence
Collateral estoppel, or issue preclusion, precludes the same parties from relitigating “an issue that already has been decided in a different cause of action.” Brown ▇.